New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-16
IT'LL DIssECTING JURORS.
vp x,coLL AND Mr.. sHAFER AT WORK.

Mr.. NlCOLL AND NIX erAfI"
.,,-.r,oxs rurs AND ARGUMENTS IN THE CLSAn'
CASE.
,., .,o,hor day AID NO Jury in the Cleary case
n th. Commissioner OF Jurors does not give tho law
var, some people to select from other tnsn ik"o
soreisuers, it will probably take severai Gays mo,o
oct the necessary complement IL IL ood "oou' '"''0
r.usl. It SCENE as every panel consists etner On
trely Of gooi, intelligent men, or eh're'y vi uu"'
LII. ~. On Monday almost all the jurors were good
~.n Yesterday though two panels were examined,
thsv we're nearly all bad Today tie work will Oegin
on the fourteenth panel The defence nave '0o
chair challenges, but the people have i've. .,
. MAY Blau o iur dea .er, at No. 475 Broadway sara
ne believed Jaehne and Mcuus guilty but ieit co
6Sent that be could decide TINS case on Ave- MIN
utns after Juror Blau had taken his seal, Hna ni N
thew used their nineteenth peremptory onsnons0 ors
- PSs original twelve and was chosen on the hrst aay
~ The trial three we.ks ago He was the secohu s"
drawn from the first panel and Vas ;ss".teJ at being
le e snd wondered Why creation be had been
J.t.nrsi there all this time tor nothing. "ii h.
W;cte mig bit have accepted as his Sh
y, H. Ssnsd d, mention that he had partner VINO
Henry Wbodec did not understand whau Inc o0r
y crvc;S tsst meant. So long as he thousht COT
,;n was corruption" he knew that 1t meant
smrtoing bad but when II was distinctly pronounce
he didn't know what at all lie passed mo .ne
nc 3 hrond Oliver McGuru disposed to be dis
cnrsivr He SAID he knew ONeil, had met MN "nle
he was an Alderman and thought MN Wa W. mas a.
This was aboat the time that Ferdinand ward was
canght and the witness thought IT was q pity tna'
clereymen's sons went wrong Ike that. u,,
MI. Shafer interrupted. OBJECT yo"r honoi' h0
said nv father is dominic"
Ont oI consideration for Mr.. Skaters feelings the
,tnesss mind was diverted into other channels bat
be evidently DH and iTi he conri him
Charles Kauiman's m,nd was OF such nature "a 10
render him utte,, unable to consder the evl. enoe
an accom- lice who had prriured himself he auhItt
nt . man who on one occasion says did not COM
NIT the crime" and another says uid coinii, :u
cnme" must on one occasion or tne T,ua' hit
of witnesses that he could not even examine .he
fImony. This pleased Mr. Shater famousiy. " I'VE
for confessed ,liaIns" Then turning TO Cleary, no
continued, Well. we couldn't Let him, but maue
speech, anyhow" great deal OF va liable tune was
os in vain endeavor to discover the nature anu con
difion of Michael j. Farley's mind After the nope
sssness OF the struggle had become dearly apparent
the witness said he did not understand the lawyer
guess" he said your talk is too brilliant 1or ME
to understand" -
Well iii submit the challenge AM turn you over
70 Mr. Shafer," saih Nr. Nicoll. .
Nj. Shaer proceeded to lead yes sir ," and no,
air." out Of the witness and finally sald" on ana are
getting along all rbht, amt wei 1es' sir' rePcu
va You understand me we'll enough, DON'T you The
witness dutlfully said ha did, INV
sPu not such high hnin taiker as ne IS ash
The vitness obedently said he not. Mr. Shafer
looked triump aanty about him. and SAID the reason
why Mr. Nicoll not understood was because me no
are an lrishman. aren't you. -
ii am, replied the witness, speaking with almost
And Cieary ia an freshman" Mr. Sha.el called out
loudI, Irish to tho Ii you doubt 1t LOOK at
himf' ,.,od u.bas
no PATIENCE with that kind of bunco0be ms Is thc
second time Mr.. Shaier has played the NATIONALITY
card. ... ...
just at the close OF the day exciting scene was
accustomed by a fervd bit OF eloquence IRON Mr.
shaier Willard L. Prince, fruit broKer, was beng
examined. the people challenged him because ne siua
he coua not believe seltconfessed perjurer wltLoit
corroboraton Mr. Shaier took up the examination
And sotn came to the conclusion that the Wltnesse
peudices were really against the defendant. ne sat
down. The court overrued the prosecution Sha1,
ienge. Mr.. Skater objected. Your Honor mas heiu
tine and again he said that witness VINO cannot
believe accompices testimony uncorroborated Is III
Competent" ,,.. i,;oo
Even conceding that have, it doesn't prejudice
your nights to override your opponents Challenge
replied the Judge. .,
Mr. Shaier delivered himself OF all mpassioned
harangue in which he said that the court was partial
and was LAYING down rule Tor one side ana ai-
vther tor the oher aud that under such circumstances
trial b, Jury was farce. The count listened calmly
and then proceeded to show Mr.. Snater that he nad
made an absurd error The witness bad said not that
he refused to believe uDcOrroborated dceompnge,
Int en- un-orroborated slt-contessed psrjurer. me
Juror went into the box, and the defendant used his
last challenge by Diminishing Juror Mclndoe.